Bukit Panjang will have a new hawker centre as part of the government’s plans. It will have green features, parking and a variety of affordable dishes. Minister of Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan was the guest of honour at its ground-breaking ceremony on Sunday.
The hawker centre will be opened in the second half of 2015 consisting of 28 cooked food stalls, 14 market stalls and 15 lock-up stalls. Its manager NTUC Foodfare will require stall applicants to submit their food concept, prices and operating hours as part of the tender requirements. It chief executive Perry Ong hopes to bring in a weide selection of good food at affordable prices to moderate the cost of living.
Construction for nine other new hawker centres under the government’s initiatives to bring affordable and convenient eating places will start from 2014 to 2015 and will be ready by 2017.
The hawker centre will be opened in the second half of 2015 consisting of 28 cooked food stalls, 14 market stalls and 15 lock-up stalls. Its manager NTUC Foodfare will require stall applicants to submit their food concept, prices and operating hours as part of the tender requirements. It chief executive Perry Ong hopes to bring in a weide selection of good food at affordable prices to moderate the cost of living.
Construction for nine other new hawker centres under the government’s initiatives to bring affordable and convenient eating places will start from 2014 to 2015 and will be ready by 2017.